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Activism

精东影业 Media鈥檚 coverage of activism centers on the ways that grassroots mobilization and activism work to change the political zeitgeist around the most pressing social issues we are facing.

Anti-Austerity Party Sweeps Greek Elections鈥擶hat US Progressives Can Learn

There are plenty of lessons to be taken from Syriza鈥檚 victory and the rise to power of Spain's Podemos party, but striving to speak to people rather than politics might be chief among them.

Kate Aronoff | Jan 29, 2015

Sustainable food and farming

How a Low-Tech Seed Bank in Greece Preserves Thousands of Heritage Crops

Members of the Greek seed bank Peliti say that keeping their wares in production鈥攊nstead of in refrigerators鈥攊mproves the health of the plants they鈥檙e working to save.

Jeffrey Andreoni | Dec 30, 2014

Climate

UN Climate Negotiators Drop the Ball in Lima鈥擭ow It鈥檚 Up to the Grassroots to Pick It Up

Negotiators have stopped trying to win a binding international agreement on carbon emissions. Now it鈥檚 up to the people to push our governments to action.

Jim Shultz | Dec 12, 2014

Everything You Need to Know About the Radical Roots of Wonder Woman

Her enigmatic creator believed women were destined to rule the world. 10 facts about the iconic heroine.

Leigh Finke | Dec 11, 2014

Science Fiction and the Post-Ferguson World: 鈥淭here Are as Many Ways to Exist as We Can Imagine鈥�

Radical science fiction and fantasy are a remedy for the belief that there is no alternative to the violence and inequality that surround us.

Mary Hansen | Dec 4, 2014

Native rights

An Alaska Native Myth Tells of a Never-Ending Blizzard鈥擭ow You Can Learn About It on Xbox

The first video game developed by an indigenous-owned company uses gaming鈥檚 immersive storytelling style to connect players with Alaska Native culture.

Leigh Finke | Nov 22, 2014

Clean elections

Next Week Oregon, Alaska, and D.C. Vote on Recreational Pot鈥擜nd It’s About More Than Just Getting High

If those three measures pass, more states will be added to the list of places where healing from the drug war can begin, places where people will no longer face jail time because of a little nugget in their pockets.

Yessenia Funes | Nov 1, 2014

The Avengers Join Guardians of the Galaxy and Other Marvel Heroes to Make Bullying History

鈥淭he center of Marvel鈥檚 storytelling history is the eternal struggle between good and evil, with many of its greatest superheroes having to contend with鈥攁nd rise above鈥攂ullying, in all its forms.鈥�

Leigh Finke | Oct 31, 2014

Before the Zombie Apocalypse鈥擳hese 4 Trade Deals Were Ravaging the World!

Forget ghouls and goblins. From deregulating Wall Street to shredding environmental and labor protections鈥攖hese policy monsters are way scarier.

Oct 30, 2014

Kansas People's Action canvassing event. Photo by the author.

Local economies

To Build a New Economy, a New Government Comes First

National People鈥檚 Action Campaign is training the next wave of progressive candidates for 2016. Here鈥檚 how they could win.

Jacob Swenson | Oct 16, 2014

A scene from the People鈥檚 Climate March. Photo by Light Brigading / Flickr.

These 8 Projects Are Sustaining the Momentum of the People鈥檚 Climate March

From people who are still literally marching to campaigns to sue the government for failing to take action on climate change, these projects make it clear that the People鈥檚 Climate March was just the beginning.

Joseph Boutilier | Oct 8, 2014

The author marches in the Flood Wall Street demonstration. Photo by Shadia Fayne-Wood / Project Survival Media.

Photo Essay: Scenes from the Heart of the #FloodWallStreet Sit-In

There was more to #FloodWallStreet than a guy in a polar bear suit getting arrested. Here鈥檚 a gallery of lesser-known moments from the day鈥檚 events.

Sachie Hopkins-Hayakawa | Oct 3, 2014

Climate

Time for a New Containment Strategy? What Climate Marchers Can Learn from the Cold War

The leading strategies in the climate justice movement already resemble the Cold War policies of containment, roll-back, and isolation. But can they wear down the political power of the fossil fuel industry?

Jim Shultz | Sep 30, 2014

Jobs | Climate

Nurses鈥� Unions Send Thousands to Climate March, Call Global Warming a 鈥淗ealth Care Emergency鈥�

The nurses鈥� unions focus on health gives them a unique perspective on climate change among organized labor.

Yessenia Funes | Sep 25, 2014

Wealth and inequality | Jobs

Occupy Offshoot Cancels $4 Million in Predatory Student Loans鈥攁nd Starts a Debtors Union

First, they started buying up鈥攁nd canceling鈥攊ndividuals鈥� medical debt. Now the people behind Rolling Jubilee are taking on student loans from a for-profit university that exploits the poor鈥攁nd the whole debt system could be next.

Christa Hillstrom, James Trimarco, Liz Pleasant | Sep 17, 2014

Icebergs near the South Orkney islands. Photo by Grapesmc / Flickr.

For the Beaches and the Barrios: Why Next Week鈥檚 Climate March Will Be the Largest Ever

We鈥檙e tired of winning the argument and losing the fight. And so we march.

Bill McKibben, Eddie Bautista, LaTonya Crisp-Sauray | Sep 16, 2014

This Former NASA Intern Just Wrote The Best Sci-Fi Book of the Year: Monica Byrne on 鈥淭he Girl in the Road鈥�

A future where India is the major world superpower, gender is flexible, and energy comes from waves? This writer鈥檚 version of the near future feels much more real than apocalyptic nightmares we鈥檝e come to dread.

Leigh Finke | Sep 13, 2014

This graphic came from the images out of Ferguson

Today’s Movement for Racial Justice Has Found Its Graphic Designer (And Her Name Is Sandra Khalifa)

In this Q and A, the talented Khalifa talks about how she became interested in issues of racial justice, her work with the Dream Defenders, and the power of social media.

Joe Solomon | Sep 9, 2014

Jobs

The Faces Behind the Fight for $15 an Hour

For low-wage workers, Seattle's minimum wage increase means a chance to go to college, pay the rent, and visit the dentist.

Betty Udesen | Aug 29, 2014

Climate

Climate Comeback: A Grassroots Movement Steps Back Into the International Arena

Three major international meetings about climate change are on the horizon. Is this the moment to fix the failures of Copenhagen?

Jim Shultz | Aug 27, 2014

A Bike that Stamps Your Message on the Street, and 3 Other Open-Source Tools for Activists

StreetToolbox offers new tools for the political communicator鈥攆rom a remote controlled car that writes messages in colored sand to a kit that turns your bike into a mobile printing press.

Molly Rusk | Aug 7, 2014